diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index f11a74cff7..5e8081b98e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 'cmake run tests'
         if: ${{ matrix.tflags != 'skipall' && matrix.tflags != 'skiprun' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 10
+        timeout-minutes: 12
         run: |
           export TFLAGS='-j8 ~WebSockets ~SCP ~612 ${{ matrix.tflags }}'
           TFLAGS+=' ~987'  # 'SMTPS with redundant explicit SSL request'